Besides being hilarious, the move is one of necessity. Boston needed another winger after trading Tyler Seguin, losing out on Daniel Alfredsson and Michael Ryder, and watching Nathan Horton walk.

Iginla's not what he once was, which he showed in the Eastern Conference finals, but he's still capable of producing something—and, it should be noted, he played out of his position in Pittsburgh and rarely alongside Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin, which seemed like the point of acquiring him at the time.

In the wake of the rejection, Bruins fans tried to gin up some hatred for the guy, but he's legitimately one of the nicest human beings on the planet, which threw a wrench in the works. Now they can just enjoy him.

And the end results didn't cost the Bruins any assets other than cash. They'd have sent a package centered around defenseman Matt Bartkowski back the Flames in April.

If nothing else, he can take over for Jaromir Jagr, who had the "elderly winger" baton passed to him from Mark Recchi when Boston needed a contingency plan. Most realistically, he'll slide into Horton's right wing spot on a line with David Krejci and Milan Lucic.